Faith Seeking Understanding

D.A. Carson poem

I understand that matter can be changedTo energy; that maths can integrateThe complex quantum jumps that must relateThe fusion of the stars to history’s page.I understand that God in every ageIs Lord of all; that matter can’t dictate;That stars and quarks and all things intricatePerform his word—including fool and sage.But knowing God is not to know like God;And science is a quest in infancy.Still more: transcendence took on flesh and blood:I do not understand how this can be.The more my mind is stretched to understand,The more it learns the finitude of man.